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- 16 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Irrational Quest for Charismatic CEOs
work in exploring the forces that govern the process of CEO change. I have conducted research in four interrelated areas: factors that lead to vacancies in the CEO position; factors that affect the choice...
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by Martha Lagace
- 15 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
Are the Most Talented Employees the Highest Paid? Yes—If They’re Bankers
results of a salary survey conducted by the French Engineering and Scientist Council, a network of alumni organizations that includes 144 of the...
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- 15 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
Deconstructing the Price Tag
sentiment, the researchers conducted six lab experiments in which participants answered questions about a simulated website of a fashion retailer selling T-shirts. The research also included a field study...
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- 21 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
What Health Care Managers Need to Know--and How to Teach Them
digital platform, and the increased fiscal pressures created by the worldwide economic crisis. Unfortunately, the educational programs for future health care leaders fail to provide many of the needed skills, according to a survey View Details
- 12 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
John Irving’s Lessons for Business
as well as how to nurture creativity, both in individuals and in organizations. Amabile interviewed John Irving in 1986, when he agreed to share memories of his childhood as part of a research project...
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by Mallory Stark & Martha Lagace
- 26 Jan 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Women Can Get More Venture Capital
Women-owned businesses are just as financially strong and creditworthy as the average U.S. firm, according to the Washington, D.C.-based Center for Women's Business Research. Yet women struggle more than men to acquire equity capital. Why? According to a 1999 survey,...
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by Mallory Stark & Martha Lagace
- 11 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
Is Group Loyalty a Force for Good or Evil?
members of three college fraternities—organizations in which loyalty to one’s brothers is of the utmost importance. A week before conducting the experiment, they questioned the...
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by Michael Blanding
- 22 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Negotiation is Like Jazz
Skilled improvisational musicians practice alone and with others for hours every day, year after year—notes, scales, chords, and progressions. After all of this practice comes a performance, and an improvisation begins. For musicians and...
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by Kathleen L. McGinn
- 11 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Road Map to Fix America’s Transportation Infrastructure
Any highway commuter who has wasted hours stuck in traffic can see the cracks in the United States' transportation system, as can any airline passenger who has been stranded overnight in an airport. Yet while many agree that the need for infrastructure change is...
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- 20 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
New Dean Sets Five Priorities for HBS
Nohria explained his belief that people's life stories deeply influence the way they conduct themselves as leaders. In his own case, he described the profound effect his father, the CEO of a large electrical...
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- 24 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
Tax Reform is on the Front Burner Again. Here’s Why You Should Care
Credit: malerapaso For as much as American politicians and their constituents complain about taxes, the truth is that tax reform packages to address those complaints are rare—the last major reform of the tax View Details
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Have Marketers Ignored America’s Man-of-Action Hero?
cultural icons are built. Icons are the big winners of the culture share game. I conduct historical studies of brands like Volkswagen, Budweiser, Harley, Nike, and Mountain...
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by Manda Salls
- 21 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Fighting the COVID Blues: Advice from Business Research
us now. Preliminary results of a study Gino conducted during the coronavirus crisis shows that people with a heightened sense of curiosity feel less stress and approach their...
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by Dina Gerdeman and Danielle Kost
- 30 Jun 2020
- Book
Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever
England. The company had been at the forefront of the corporate social responsibility (CSR) movement in the 1990s, establishing a CSR group and issuing its first CSR report in 2000. Even before Polman’s arrival, a Unilever sustainability...
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by Martha Lagace
- 15 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
High Ambition Leadership
not-for-profit educational and research institute that will bring together higher-ambition leaders from around the world to learn from each other's experience. It will also offer leadership development programs for the next generation of...
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by Martha Lagace
- 29 Jan 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Business Press Is a Watchdog that Bites
Miller, an HBS professor with expertise in financial communication, conducted in-depth research on whether and how the press digs up original information on accounting malfeasance—with surprising results. "The press is important in...
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